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[ June 18, 2022 ] Memory as an Instrument of Struggle for Rio de Janeiro’s Favela Museums Civil Society
[ June 9, 2022 ] Movements and Organizations Talk About Energy, Climate Justice in Preparation for the Popular Conference on the Right to the City *Highlight
[ June 1, 2022 ] Video Press Release: Rio de Janeiro’s Cleanest Sewage Is in the Favela! Vale Encantado Establishes a Biosystem for Sewage Treatment and Solar Panels *Highlight
[ May 30, 2022 ] ‘There Are Many More in the Woods!’ Say Favela Residents Following Massacre That Killed 23 #VoicesFromSocialMedia *Highlight
[ May 27, 2022 ] Funk as a Humanitarian Tool in Rio’s Favelas *Highlight

Zumbi Vive! Celebrating Afro-Brazilian Awareness in Providência

By Felicity Clarke • November 28, 2012

Clique aqui para Português Afro-Brazilian Awareness Week concludes in Rio this coming Friday with ZUMBI VIVE!, an event full of theater, music and festivity in Morro da Providência, Brazil’s first favela which celebrates 115 years […]

Rio’s Port, Slavery, and a Couple Determined Not to Forget

By Mark Waterman • October 10, 2011

In 1996, Merced Guimarães and her husband Petrucio were renovating their home on Rua Pedro Ernesto in Gamboa, Rio’s Port district. Soon after work began on what was to be a considerable repair project, workers […]